874 42 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00925-0037BIN 3018353

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 16 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 active DOB violation(s)
04Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

107

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C3Issued 2025-05-08

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT C3, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt D2Issued 2025-05-13

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CEILING AND NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT D2, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17613520 ISSUED 09-JAN-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt C3Issued 2025-05-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DEFECTIVE LATCH SET IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT C3, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-05-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE 1ST MARBLE TREAD FROM MOTTOM LEADING TO THE 3RD STORY AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 2nd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster10

Unsanitary Condition10

Water Leak4

Electric3

Plumbing2

Safety2

General1

Flooring/Stairs1

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1611

Noise reports · last 12 mo

134

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk922

Residential598

Unspecified42

Vehicle33

Commercial14

Park2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

186

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony73

Misdemeanor79

Violation34

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2009-01-01

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2008-01-03

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2006-01-27

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MDH 42 REALTY LLC

Head officer

DORIS KONOVITCH

Managing agent

RAFI LIPSCHITZ

6 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2009-10-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1971-09-08 · no recorded price

Sale2009-10-29no recorded price

BERGER, MARGIE → MDH 42 REALTY

Sale1986-01-31no recorded price

MDM REALTY INC → BERGER, MARGIE

Sale1976-07-26no recorded price

874-47TH RLTY CORP → M D H RLTY INC

Sale1971-09-08no recorded price

SCHECHTER ROSE, SCHECHTER BEN → 874-47TH RLTY CORP

Mortgage1971-09-08no recorded price

borrower 874-47 RLTY CORP · lender SCHECHTER ROSE, SCHECHTER BEN

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

The lien was sold in the 2021 tax-lien sale

The owner's unpaid property taxes (and possibly water charges) went unresolved through a series of notices, and the debt reached the city's Final Sale list — the lien was sold to a private collector who can add interest and fees.

Years listed

2021

Most recent

Final saleincl. property tax2021-12-17

10-day noticeincl. property tax2021-12-03

30-day noticeincl. property tax2021-11-10

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale